{"id":1879,"date":"2013-12-17T12:34:16","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T22:34:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogsksbeedu.wpenginepowered.com\/hesekolu\/?p=1879"},"modified":"2013-12-17T13:18:13","modified_gmt":"2013-12-17T23:18:13","slug":"the-true-meaning-of-christmas-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/2013\/12\/17\/the-true-meaning-of-christmas-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The TRUE Meaning of Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Papa &#8216;Ekolu completed their annual Holiday Gift Giving Project this year which extended beyond just one family.  Our awesome Third Graders collected over $850 for our adopted family of five from Hawaiian Paradise Park.  In addition, our gift giving inspired others to give generously and we collected another $550 from other friends.  This enabled us to purchase gifts for another 6 families!  One Papa &#8216;Ekolu &#8216;Ohana even asked for information on finding a family to adopt on their own.  Giving to others has gotten contagious!  <\/p>\n<p>Mahalo Papa &#8216;Ekolu for showing others what the true meaning of Christmas is about&#8230; thinking of others and helping those in need.  That&#8217;s what Jesus would do, and that&#8217;s what he was sent to us to do.  He is our Savior and this is the season to rejoice and praise Him.  God bless you all!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image4-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1881\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image5-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1883\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image6-e1387319861273.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.ksbe.edu\/hesekolu\/files\/2013\/12\/image6-e1387319861273-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"image\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1884\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Papa &#8216;Ekolu completed their annual Holiday Gift Giving Project this year which extended beyond just one family. 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